Health Check: Start Your Stop Smoking Plan

Neighborhood Notes: Free Immigration Service

By CINDY MENDOZA

According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), tobacco use through smoking is the most preventable cause of premature death in the United States. Tobacco use can lead to nicotine dependence. There is no safe way to use tobacco. Smokers have a higher risk of developing many serious health problems such as respiratory disease, lung cancer, heart disease, and stroke. Using tobacco in cigarettes, cigars, pipes or hookah are all equally harmful and stopping is the best way to start getting healthy. Start your stop smoking plan with START: S = Set a quit date. Choose a date

By MARY MELLON

The city Department of Sanitation is expanding its organics collection service in the Bronx. Roughly 30,000 more residents, including those living in Norwood, will be included in the program, according to the agency. The service collects food waste, food-soiled paper, and yard waste from tenants, converting it into compost or renewable energy, and simultaneously helping with pest control. Currently, over 3 million New Yorkers have access to these services, but Sanitation wants to make food scrap recycling available to all New Yorkers by the end of the year. Participants simply put their food scraps, food-soiled paper and yard waste in

The Bronx Food Fight: For SNAP Beneficiaries, a Refuge When Falling Short

By KACIE CANDELA of WFUV

The Norwood News, in partnership with WFUV radio and BronxNet television, continue its five-part series on food insecurity issues impacting the Bronx and its residents. “I come here when the food in my house runs out and I don’t have enough money to buy more,” said Altagracia Peña, a regular at Part of the Solution (POTS), a food pantry and community dining room serving Fordham, Bedford Park, and its surrounding Bronx communities. POTS is a one-stop-shop for the food insecure and those who need a stable mailing address, access to showers or haircuts, and free legal services, said Jack Marth,

Editor’s Pick MMCC Spring Fest Mosholu Montefiore Community Center, 3450 DeKalb Ave., holds its 2nd annual Spring Fest, March 24 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Events include open house, games, program demos, discounts, snacks and activities, and featuring an art show. For more information, call (718) 882-4000. Onstage The Bronx Library Center, 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd., presents Chamber Music Concert, March 17 at 2:30 p.m., featuring the Celia Cruz High School Orchestra. For more information, call (718) 579-4244/46/57 or visit www.nypl.org. Lehman College, 250 Bedford Pk., Blvd. W. presents free concert featuring members of the Lehman Chamber Players performing

SUPERBOWL CHAMP FOR the New England Patriots Malcolm Mitchell hangs out with students from PS 94 Kings College School in a special visit the NFL running back paid on Feb. 27. Mitchell spent the day reading to kids at the Norwood school as part of a tour plugging his children’s book, “The Magician’s Hat.” Photo by Niall Ridgley

Bringing Health Awareness From Long Island to Norwood

By DAVID GREENE and DAVID CRUZ

More than 40 residents took part in a free health clinic held on Monday, March 12, outside of the Safe Medical Care Centerat 3099 Bainbridge Avenue in Norwood. Participants underwent free blood pressure screening, blood sugar screening and free flu shots. Medical students from the Long Island University’s APhA-ASP Chapter of the American Pharmacist Association teamed up with Safe Medical Care and plan to return for another health fair in the spring. The young medical professionals of Long Island University expect to return to Norwood in April with more free health screenings.

The Bronx Food Fight: A Healthier Lifestyle is a Matter of Time

By THERESA SCHLIEP of WFUV

The Norwood News, in partnership with WFUV radio and BronxNet television, proudly present a five-part series on food insecurity issues impacting the Bronx and its residents. Jessica Shapiro, RD, does one-on-one nutrition counseling with Montefiore Health System employees entitled to free nutrition counseling. She said one of the most common reasons people feel like they are unable to make healthy choices is time. People simply just don’t have enough of it. Whether someone works many hours or multiple jobs, commutes far, or have families, Shapiro said those commitments often leave people with little time and energy to cook for themselves.

Latest Edition of the Norwood News is Out!

By DAVID CRUZ

Dear Fellow Readers! The latest edition of the Norwood News, covering the northwest Bronx, is out with its latest edition for 2018. We welcome you to check out plenty of stories featured in this year’s sixth edition. We begin, of course, with page one and a story involving a back-and-forth battle between a Norwood resident and a developer building right next door to his house. Hear this ping-pong of a story and why both sides remain at an impasse. Inside the cover you’ll find the latest on the Kingsbridge National Ice Center, where the founder of the mega-project stopped to

Community Board 7 has once again banned a rancorous community activist after he raised his voice at a recent Veterans Committee meeting. Anthony Rivieccio was banned by Board District Manager Ischia Bravo after lashing out at the board for changing a planned breakfast honoring veterans. Rivieccio had been banned by the two previous district managers, inspiring one of them to erect a divider between the waiting area and where employees sit. The incident opened the question of whether a community board, a government entity on the ground level, can ban a resident. The answer is yes and no. The Norwood